called to my a**Unl to follow me, and runaway to
have the rafters, which had been jo* erected , braced and
secured. But cm reaching the ridge which afforded a new
of our new budding, B yet stronger gust came which almost
lifted me off the ground, and instantly I saw the first pair
of rafters giving way and falling against the next pair,
which in turn gave way in like manner, bearing down the
next, and with the increasing momentum of the weight and
wind the whole fourteen pair of rafters fell with a crash
which threatened the destruction of the entire building.
The Haidas came rushing up in large numbers, and with
them came my white friend and his Tssimshean crew. A
large shoal of dogfish had been stranded on the shore
during the preceding night, and the Haidas had been
engaged in gathering them in heaps when the gale struck,
and they had been attracted by the noise of the falling
building.
I came down from where I had been inspecting the
damage, and informed my friend that I had abandoned all
hope of embarking with him, as 1 could not now leave the
structure onjil the damage had been repaired. He was
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